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If you’ve ever visited San Juan, you’ve undoubtedly walked past or perhaps even browsed many of the Old San Juan art galleries, with offerings ranging from tourist kitsch to...
As many and myriad places as we visit and marvels that we witness in this wide, wonderful world, it's the wonders of nature especially that never fail to keep...
Howard Pyle/Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main", Harper's Magazine
In the fifth film of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Dead Men Tell No Tales (aka Salazar’s Revenge), the eponymous...
Ajuntament de Barcelona
The "mountain" known as Montjuïc (at a maximum 185 metres/606 feet high, really more like a broad, shallow, and admittedly very big hill) in Barcelona's southwest looms large over...
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He could be a poster boy of post-Cold War artistic globalisation. At age 31, Lukasz Palka, from Tarnów, Poland by way of Chicago, has been based in Tokyo for the past decade and...
The Dominican Republic is of course well known as a destination for marvelous beaches, cool adventure sports, and the historic corners of its capital Santo Domingo. Much more "under...
Austrian Tourist Office
Biking uphill from Austria’s chocolate-box village of Westendorf at 780 metres (2,560 feet) to a tiny little mountain hut at 1,850 m (6,070 ft.) makes my heart...
Robert Cicchetti
Since the 1980s, Costa Rica has of course made a huge name for itself as not only a beach but also ecotourism and soft adventure destination. And it’s...
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Most everyone knows that the UNESCO World Heritage Site that is the ancient walled city of Dubrovnik (read our past post here) is a real stunner, but so is much...
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We've regaled you a-plenty about the natural and cultural riches of Spain's green north, including its region of Cantabria. There are still vast, impressive forests blanketing its hills and...